Odds ‘n Sods:

A good piece by Brandon Smith: The Realities of Choosing Your Survival Retreat Location

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“The Looting Started Right Away” – At Nigerian DC-10 Crash

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Another voice from industry, warning of systemic risk: The lights go out: What happens if the grid goes down?

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Wood Boilers. Woody Chain provides a reality check, for anyone considering buying an outdoor wood-fired home heating boiler.

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Scratch another country off your list of potential offshore retreat locales: Venezuela bans private gun ownership. This move is just another requisite step for the country’s dictator to consolidate power and to silence any opposition. As usual, only the honest and law-abiding will heed this law, making them vulnerable to both criminals and tyrants. It is sad, seeing a repeat of the same tyrannical progression of China, Cuba, Hungary, and elsewhere.